Making template background an editable region

Oh my goodness, I'm about to cry. I've literally and without hyperbole spent days trying to figure this out on my own. I have also contacted Adobe Tech help and was willing to pay for help ... all to no avail. I am SO hoping there is someone out there who is able to help me. My deadline to have this website finished is Monday, Sept. 03 and I am stuck. Now down to the question:
I have created a webpage which I have saved as template and which I want to use as my master from which all the other templates and pages on my site will be derived. I would like to be able to change the background in different sections of the site. The page I have created has an image, but other pages may just have a colour. Is it possible to make the background colour and image, as set in the page properties, into an editable region? And, if so, how is it done? If it is not possible, are there any suggestions for work arounds that will allow me at least some flexibility in this matter?
Any help on this will be gratefully accepted and enormously appreciated.
Thank you,
Malene

Thank you so much for the reply. I will be using the Master template I have created to make about another 6 templates. These templates I will use to create about another 200 pages. So, my thinking is that the best way is to make the relevant section editable and that is where I am at a loss. I am a novice designer and not at all versed in HTML, so I rely heavily on Dreamweaver's menus to perform various actions. I know how to make regions editable in general, but I can't find a way to use the "insert editable region" to make the actual background, as set in the "page properties" CSS, editable. I am guessing doing so requires some sort of HTML knowledge that I don't have.
In the code, this is the region I need to make editable (copied and pasted from my template's code):
body {
background-color: #e5dfd3;
background-image: url(../Images/Global/Toronto_Osgoode_Hall_1856.jpg)
; margin-left: 0px;
margin-top: 0px;

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<h2>My Experiences</h2>
<p>Many years ago I took over a role as Marketing Manager in a financial services organisation. The week I arrived, it became evident that the company had a big hole in their investment portfolio and investors were about to loose lots of money. If I had known before, I might not have taken the job. I was to suddenly have to face the media and break the news. I had never thought much about being interviewed in the past but suddenly it became a significant concern. </p>
<p>The company called in a specialist who would prepare me over a number of days to handle interviews. In our first mock interview he had me blabbering nonsense in about a minute. We then went back to basics and he spent a week teaching me about interviewing techniques. By the end of the week I was confident to face the media and get my message across in a way that did not cause a run on the institution, and gave investors confidence that if they stayed with the organisation, within a year their losses would be recouped. In fact the majority did stay, and they did get their money back.</p>
<p>While I was on the other side of the fence (the interviewee), I also had to learn more about interviewing than I ever expected there was to know. Here is a simple thing I was taught in the first hour or so. You can see it on TV every night. Invade personal space. </p>
<p>A reporter on TV who is standing beside a person being interviewed has to stand close so they both fit on the screen. Typically this involves being within less than half a metre (about a foot) from the person. You can use this to your advantage with someone who has not had the benefit of media training to make them feel uncomfortable. </p>
<p>Try it on a colleague. Ask them an awkward question while standing up close to them. You can see them squirm. Ask the same question across the room, and they may show mild discomfort but nothing like the level when you are up close to them. Also see what happens when the reporter is trying to make the person comfortable. They move further away. In fact they may want to make them relax by putting some space between them before getting up close and personal for the killer questions.</p>
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<h2>Open and Closed Interviews</h2>
<p>Interviews can be either “Open” or “Closed”. Usually interviews are a mixture of both. We will cover how each type of interview is carried out, and the pros and cons of “Open” versus “Closed”. Managing an Interview around “Open” and “Closed” questions is a key skill of the interviewer.</p>
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<h2>Definition - Open and Closed Questions</h2>
<p>An open interview is one where questions are not specific. They are open ended and designed to allow the person to cover a broad range of topics. As an example</p>
<p>“Tell me about sales?” is an open question.</p>
<p>“What were sales for your territory last month?” is a closed question.</p>
<p>The first question may take half an hour to answer. The second will probably take less than a minute.</p>
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<h2>Why use Open Questions</h2>
<p>It all depends on what you already know and what you need to know. If you are absolutely confident you are fully briefed on a topic, and there is only one fact you need to determine, a closed question is preferable. On the other hand, if your knowledge is sketchy, and you are not even sure what questions to ask, an open question is the way to go.</p>
<p>If your washing machine is broken and the repair man tells you the water pump is not working, you are unlikely to ask him is it the shaft is worn, impeller is split or motor burnt out? That would be a closed question and we probably don’t have the knowledge to ask it anyway (Incidentally I did make that up. I have no idea what else could break). We would ask an open question such as asking him to explain further. At that point he might explain it is the impeller broken because some coins got through the filter and jammed in the pump. You can then follow up with a more closed question about what that means to the repair and your wallet.</p>
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<h2>Essence of Open Questions</h2>
<p>The essence of open interview technique is - </p>
<ul>
    <li>Question move from the general to the specific and back to the general</li>
    <li>Much is deduced from listening and probing. A simple comment may indicate an important area to be explored</li>
    <li>There are often unforeseen topics raised. Some are relevant and some may not be relevant. You need to filter and quickly dismiss the ones that are not relevant</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Tips for Open Questions</h2>
<p>Here are a number of tips for asking open questions</p>
<ul>
    <li>Think if the person can answer “yes” or “no”. If the answer is they can, it is not an open question</li>
</ul>
<ul>
    <li>If the person provides a wandering answer, or a ‘brain dump’ offer a summary of the question - let the interviewees confirm its accuracy. <br>
“If I understand what you are saying…” </li>
    <li>Allow ample opportunity for ‘and also’ issues to be raised at the end of the interview or afterwards. People answering open questions tend to remember facts as they go along.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Closed Interviews</h2>
<p>In using the opposite interview technique, closed interviews, you might ask </p>
<p>“For reporting of sales, I suppose the current breakdown by nation, state and category is OK, isn’t it?” </p>
<p>The question presumes and prompts a yes/no answer. It also offers a quick and easy interview, requiring minimum reflection and analysis.</p>
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<h2>Why Closed Questions</h2>
<p>As mentioned, closed interviews are useful when you are trying to find out one fact. You know precisely the question to ask and know the possible answers. They are also useful in clarifying facts in an open interview. As people cover topics broadly, you might grab one point and want to understand it more clearly. You want to drill down on a particular aspect. </p>
<p>For example, you asked a question on how effective current sales reports are. The person is giving you a full briefing on all the reports, and the implications. They mention the sales summary report. You might ask a closed question about who receives the report and why they are provided with a copy.</p>
<p>Closed questions allow you to drill down on a piece of information. It is more likely that closed questions will be more spontaneous than open questions. As the open question draws out the big picture, you want to closely examine bits of the picture with closed questions.</p>
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<h2>On the Spot</h2>
<p>Closed questions can put people on the spot. They can almost sound like they were fired by the prosecutor in a trial. </p>
<p>“When did you first know the project was behind schedule?”</p>
<p>“How many resources can you give up to the project?”</p>
<p>The result is the same as in a trial. The person becomes defensive. They try to find a way out of any admission or commitment. A better approach is to use an open question that allows people room to manoeuvre or qualify their answer. You can tighten up the response with closed questions based around the answer.</p>
<p>“How did you first come to suspect the project may not be on track?”</p>
<p>“If we need people to assist, how would you be able to help?”</p>
<p>In both cases, an open ended question allows the person to answer without feeling threatened or ambushed. You avoid the instinctive “flight or fight”.</p>
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<h2>Information Gathering</h2>
<p>An interview is an information gathering exercise. That means that you, as the interviewer, are there to direct and listen. You know your own views. The interviewee does not necessarily need to know those views. While you are talking, you are not listening and the purpose of an interview is to find out information from the interviewee. Your role is to keep the ball rolling down the road.</p>
<p>There is an old saying that when carrying out an interview, you should “speak with your ears”. In other words, if you say something it should only be because you want to hear the answer.</p>
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<h2>Making people comfortable</h2>
<p>A technique used by television interviews is to ask a number of easy questions to relax the person before hitting them with the big one. </p>
<p>“So your name is Jim Brown? Lived here long Jim? Married with 2 kids I hear?”</p>
<p>Then</p>
<p>“So tell us about killing your mother in law with a chain saw.”</p>
<p>Use the relaxing questions to start your interview. If the person is at all apprehensive at the start of an interview, a few questions to loosen them up will help later in the discussion. </p>
<p>Imaging you are being interviewed and you are feeling a little nervous or unsure about the area under discussion. You might not even know exactly why you are being interviewed. If the person starts by explaining the purpose of the interview then asks a few easily answered questions, you start to relax and will become more likely to assist the person.</p>
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<h2>Follow the dots</h2>
<p>An agenda is a great tool, in most circumstances. If you are having a regular review meeting and have a range of regular topics to cover, an agenda is a great roadmap. Point 1; point2; point 3.</p>
<p>If on the other hand it is an open discussion, an agenda may be an impediment. The interviewee may want to talk about point 1 and 7 because he sees them as related. The discussion is roaming around the topic, and it might not fit into neat compartments. </p>
<p>In this case use the agenda as a checklist. It does not have to be strictly followed. It can be a list of topics you want to have covered by the end of the interview. As the interview draws to a close, go over the agenda and see if any points still need discussion. It takes some skill to treat an agenda as a set of boundaries rather than a roadmap. If you can develop those skills, the results can be excellent.</p>
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<h2>Summarising</h2>
<p>Sometimes people lose the thread of what they are saying. Their mind is wandering down a path and they forget where they have been or are going. It is useful to sometimes stop and summarise what you think has been said. It is double purposed. Firstly it confirms what has been said, and secondly it re-focuses the person.</p>
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<h2>Active Listening</h2>
<p>It is a fact that most people want to be listened to. It is important to feel that the person is mentally still with us as we speak. The occasional nod of the head or confirmation of a point helps people feel their comments are valued. Be sure to respond to people or they will stop contributing and want to terminate the interview. Writing things down will assist in convincing people their input is of value.</p>
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<h2>Answer the Question</h2>
<p>Watch a politician answer a question, and you will often find they don’t answer the question. Techniques include:</p>
<ul>
    <li>“That is a good point but before I answer that let me say…” and of course they never get back to the question</li>
    <li>“I want to make three points…” none of which are relevant to the question</li>
    <li>“Why would you ask me that?” In other words, let’s argue about whether you should ask the question rather than try and answer it.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you cannot get an answer to a question, try to understand why the person is uncomfortable to provide an answer. It may just be that they forgot the original question and went off on a different track. On the other hand they may well have something they don’t want to tell you. Sometimes understanding the reason for not answering in fact answers the question.</p>
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<h2>Body Language</h2>
<p>Very few people can hide body language. You do not have to be an expert to read it as we all do to some extent. The eyes looking around the room for an answer; folded arms in a defensive position; legs crossed towards you for trust and away for mistrust. There are many articles on body language and a bit of research can help you read what is not being said.</p>
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<h2>Independent Interviewer</h2>
<p>As a consultant I have been amazed some times at what people have told me. Even though it might not be attributed to them in a report, people often say things to an outsider they would never say to their peers.</p>
<p>I remember one project review where the project manager was scathing in his remarks about the steering committee. He had never expressed his thoughts to them but told me. On investigation I had to agree with his comments and put it in the report. One of the steering committee members came up to me afterwards and asked me why the project manager never expressed his concerns to the committee?</p>
<p> Sometimes it is useful to use an outside party for interviews as they are usually seen as coming to the situation without a bias. If not independent, they are usually viewed as not coming to support any entrenched point of view. In fact, from a consultant credibility point of view, it does you no good to go into an organisation to reinforce a particular person’s case if you do not believe it to be valid. I usually tell people in that situation that I do investigation, not lobbying. </p>
<p>Several years ago I did a PIR for a company and managed to upset the executive management team by pointing out their lack of support and the failures that followed. Although I had done considerable work for the organisation I was not invited back to do any more work for a couple of years. When I was invited back, I found most of the people I had been critical of had moved on. I was invited back because the person who now wanted work done was impressed with my fairness and impartiality from years before. He had remembered me and now needed the same sort of review done without someone pushing a particular point of view. What goes around comes around.</p>
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Nesting Templates: Child-Template Pages not Fully Responding to Editable vs. Un-Editable Regions

M'kay, so first and foremost, all of this is being done within Dreamweaver CS5. How I might explain this is that I have a series of Master-Templates for my website, accompanied then by Child-Templates linked off of / nested from my Master-Templates. So far this is going wonderfully, that is, until I try to make a page from one of my Child-Templates.
The page from my Child-Template accurately comments-out an un-editable region (Region in which was editable within the Master-Template, but left as ONLY editable within the Child-Template) so long as I add an EDITABLE region WITHIN it. Under the circumstance that I DO NOT add an editable region within the Master-Template's editable region, the region within the Page is still appearing editable.
For example:
Master Template:

     Child Template CSS Links Here.

Child Template:

     Child Template CSS Links Here.
     
          Child PAGE CSS Links Here.
     

Child Page:
Child Template CSS Links Here. (Accurately appearing Un-Editable - {Master-Template's editable region tags accurately appearing invisible})

     Child PAGE CSS Links Here. (Accurately appearing Editable)

This is an example of an editable regions that WORKS. In the Child-Page the "Child Template CSS Links Here." IS appearing commented out and therefore un-editable within the Child-Page, like it's supposed to be. This then allows the "Child PAGE CSS Links Here" to be ACCURATELY editable within the Child-Page.
Now for an example of what DOESN'T work:
Master Template:

     Child Template CSS Links Here.

Child Template:

     Child Template CSS Links Here.
     (As you see, I have NOT added an additional editable region within this Master-Template's editable region. This is an area that is ONLY supposed to be editable within the Child-Template and NOT the Child-Page, which SO FAR appears to be accurate.)

Child Page:

     Child Template CSS Links Here.
     (For some reason, ONLY so long as I DO NOT add an additional Child-Template-editable-region within this Master-Template's editable region, this area is STILL appearing visible as well as editable within the Child-Page.)

So, under this circumstance, it seems that the only way I can leave a Master-Template's editable region ONLY editable within the Child-Template and NOT editable within the Child-Page is by leaving an ADDITIONAL editable region produced via the Child-Template somewhere within EVERY SINGLE editable region produced via the Master-Template. Unless I am doing something seriously wrong, this so far appears to be a potential defect/bug within Dreamweaver CS5. I can't imagine how this would be accurate, otherwise Child/Nested-Templates would not be possible to make. What might I be doing wrong? Is there any way that I can specify in the Master-Template that an Editable Region is ONLY Editable within the Child-Template and NOT within further Child-Pages (A Page based off of the Child-Template)? Or perhaps is there a way that I can specify in the Child-Template that an editable region WILL NOT be editable within the Child-Page? Furthermore, no, I DO NOT want to make them "Optional Regions," so please do not suggest that.
I know that this is all probably a bit confusing, but hopefully the examples above will help more than the descriptions aside. As you can probably assume, this is definitely a HUGE complication within my website if there doesn't end up being a solution, especially with all the time I have put into making the Child-Templates that I hope to rely on. It really would be a bit ridiculous if I had to script-in an additional editable region within every single Master-Template-editable-region available within my Child-Template just so that I may update my Child-Template, furthermore allowing my edits to drop down to my Child-Pages, especially since it would maintain content that I never wanted to be editable within the Child-Page in the FIRST place.
Some help would be sincerely appreciated, and as soon as possible, if I might ask politely.
Thank you. Sincerely,
~ Miss Cat

=____= I cannot believe that I am saying this, after writing ALL of that up, but thanks to "Dreamweaver CS5 for Dummies," I just learned that if you place: @@(" ")@@ within the Child/Nested Template's editable region that you DO NOT want passed down to your Child-Pages, it won't appear editable. Goodness knows why such an inconspicuous formula was the answer, but I guess whatever works. ...WHY WAS THIS INFORMATION SO DIFFICULT TO FIND?!?!?!?! @____@ Information on Nested Templates in general seems rather difficult to find, however, so I'm glad I figured this out /not ever a full hour/ after writing all this up and posting it. #__# ...At least my Child-Templates can work thoroughly now, though. So... Scenario FIXED. ^^
I only hope now that such information will appear helpful to anyone else hunting for this information via Google or other Search Engine in the future. And if there is anything at all that I am still officially missing, then do feel free to add it to the feed and let me know, because the last thing I need right now are more surprise difficulties to equally slow down the productivity of this massive project I've been working on... @___@ ..But so far things seem to be going good. ^^ So I can settle myself unbelievably grateful that there ended up being a solution to this ridiculousness after all.
Sincerely,
Miss Cat
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How do you change the background in an editable region?

I have created a template with an editable region in it. I then created a web page based on the template and have added text to the editable region. I would like to change the background color of just the editable region and just for this web page. How can I do that?
Thanks.

Well... am sure others will correct me if i'm wrong, but it seems fairly simple.
1/ There must be a tag identifying that editable area. Either a <div>, or a <table>, or whatever...
2/ Create a class in you stylesheet with the background colour you want to use and assign it to the tag
3/ Alternatively, if you'd rather use an inline style, then go to the tag in code view, right click, select style from the menu and then in the quotes right click again and select background-color. Choose your color and you're done.
If the editable area is a <div> for instance, your inline css should look like this:
<div style="background-color:#CCCCCC"> This will give you a grey background</div>
Cheers,
JJ
PS: If you can put the page up it'll be easier to help you

Template - editable region problem

Hi folks,
I'm designing a site using CSS as opposed to tables and I've
hit on a problem. For info the site is broken down into a 'header',
'left hand column' and a 'right hand column'. The 'left hand
column' is a class and on the template I'm trying to make it an
editable region, However when I've down editable regions in tables
in the past they're always worked but this time out when attempting
to make the left hand column editable the following message is
displayed:
You have placed the editable region "EditColumn" inside a block
tag. Users of this template will not be able to create new blocks
in this region. Move the region outside the block tag if you want
users to be able to do this. Now I'm not sure what I'm doing
wrong, however it is within this region I want to be able to edit
data. I want to be able to apply a Bg image to this region and also
add images or text and links - however I cant.
I have tried to edit the above on a separate DW8 file and it
works fine (which it should do) - it's just in the template version
I cant. Can anyone shed any light on this problem. I'm not a
hardcore coder so any breakdown in this problem would be absolutley
welcomed.
Many thanks
Tommisauce

I note that you have used the space bar as a layout tool (not
a great idea).
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I also note that you continue to make the error of improperly
nesting tags -
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src="../image/Front_Page/IUKwebLogo.gif"
alt="Intuition
UK: Business Consultants" width="245" height="60"
class="Logo" /><div
class="MenuHeader">
Note that this is a <div> inside a <p> and that's
not a valid structure.
You also have things like this -
<p><p class="Copyright">Intuition UK
2007©</p>
an improperly terminated <p> tag.
Until you get a better grasp of HTML, you should probably
stay out of the
code.
The bottom line is this - DW will only do what you tell it to
do. If you
tell it to do something that will result in invalid markup,
DW will not
always prevent you from completing that task. If there is
invalid markup on
a template page, you will always trigger these alerts that
you are getting.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
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Templates - editable region in head

I've got code that I would like to make a template, but it's
in the head tag. I cann't make any portion of this an editable
region. Also, any pages generated from the template don't allow me
to edit anything in the head area. So if I want to have only a few
items differ in the head area for several similar pages, does this
mean I cann't use templates? Is there another way to do this?
Maybe I could just use a bunch of server side includes and
abondon templates butr this would inciate to me a serious design
limit in templates.
Here is my code in the head area that I'm trying to use as a
template with an editable region. The margin-right, margin-left
would have unique values for each page. Also the line "a.slidea
{background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}" would be unique
for each page.
Thanks
a.gallery, a.gallery:visited {
display:inline;
color:#000;
text-decoration:none;
border:1px solid #000;
width:75px;
height:75px;
float:left;
position:relative;
cursor:default;
margin-top: 21px;
margin-right: 60px;
margin-bottom: 21px;
margin-left: 60px;
a.slidea {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
a.slideb {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
a.slidec {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
a.slided {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
a.slidee {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
a.slidef {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
a.slideg {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
a.slideh {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
a.slidei {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
a.slidej {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}

This is the sign of an improperly made template.
Do this -
Create a new page (Basic HTML).
Use FILE | Save as Template....
Look at the code in the head region of the page, particularly
the editable
region around the <title> tag, and the other editable
region in the head
called "head".
Make your template file look like that.
Always use FILE | Save as Template when you create your
templates and you
won't have this problem again.
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> I've got code that I would like to make a template, but
it's in the head
> tag. I
> cann't make any portion of this an editable region.
Also, any pages
> generated
> from the template don't allow me to edit anything in the
head area. So if
> I
> want to have only a few items differ in the head area
for several similar
> pages, does this mean I cann't use templates? Is there
another way to do
> this?
>
> Maybe I could just use a bunch of server side includes
and abondon
> templates
> butr this would inciate to me a serious design limit in
templates.
>
> Here is my code in the head area that I'm trying to use
as a template with
> an
> editable region. The margin-right, margin-left would
have unique values
> for
> each page. Also the line "a.slidea
> {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}" would
be unique for each
> page.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> a.gallery, a.gallery:visited {
> display:inline;
> color:#000;
> text-decoration:none;
> border:1px solid #000;
> width:75px;
> height:75px;
> float:left;
> position:relative;
> cursor:default;
> margin-top: 21px;
> margin-right: 60px;
> margin-bottom: 21px;
> margin-left: 60px;
> }
>
> a.slidea {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
> a.slideb {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
> a.slidec {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
> a.slided {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
> a.slidee {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
> a.slidef {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
> a.slideg {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
> a.slideh {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
> a.slidei {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
> a.slidej {background:url(images/cats/sidney-small.jpg);}
>
>
>
>

If I have a temp1.dwt.php with 60 files on it and one editable region, how apply to this template a

if I have a temp1.dwt.php with 60 files on it and one editable region, how apply to this template a new temp2.dwt.php with same one editable region same place, without need to create new files and copy / paste editable region contents???
eg I have a 3-region layout(template) with one editable region with html tables and want to convert it to:
3-region layout(template) with one editable region with DIVs
editable region contents all files remain the same...
well?
dw cs6 and dw cs4

Name your editable regions the same in the new template as they were named in the existing one.
Look at the code in the old template. Find all regions like this -

Make note of the name. Ensure that all corresponding regions in the new template have the same name as they did in the old template.
Then do a site-wide Find and Replace to find the old template's file name, and replace it with the new template's file name.
if the old template is templ.dwt and new templ.dwt.php???
Find SITE-WIDE "templ.dwt" and replace with "templ.dwt.php".

Template editable regions in head

Murray - as you always seem to answer questions on Templates:
I'm troubleshooting a site for a friend who does not frequent
this
forum - they have a couple of editable regions in the
<head> of the
file - used for some Javascript and also the page title.
Now I know that a properly formatted template has:
separate editable region named name="doctitle" - er for the
title and
a second editable region named name="head" for other things.
Does having

in the <head> matter - affect the functionality of Dw
??? - I know of
course that in wouldn't matter as far as the server is
concerned.
many thanks
~Malcolm~*...
~*

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:11:24 -0400, Alan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> Does having
>> 
>>
>> in the <head> matter
>
>It's fine.
>
>As long as:
>none of the editable regions are nested. Each needs to be
closed before the
>next editable region.
>
>And the head and body tags cannot be inside of an
editable comment tag.
>
>More likely- If the person is using 12+ editable regions
in a template file
>and leaving them with the default naming of EditRegion12
they need to step
>back and think about the whole process
Thanks Alan - I did think that would be the case - even if
not what I
would do.
No - not 12 editable regions - no idea how that happened - -
they only
have three - two in the head and 1 in the body.
I long ago moved to Dw - and details are hazy - but when I
did a
refresh of a site a couple of years ago - I created a brand
new single
template using File | New | Blank Template - so all
superfluous
nonsense I had generated in the migration from Frontpage was
eradicated - and unexplained program crashes became a thing
of the
past.
thanks again
~Malcolm~*...
~*

After inserting editable regions, DW CS3 tells me none exist...?

I am having muliple problems with templates on this particular project, that I have never seen before. I was going to break them into multiple
questions, per the instructions here at the forum, but all of these relate to the same template code, which I will post below, so I think it would be
more efficient to include the related questions in this thread.
Background
I created this template by first scraping the client's existing site, which is a dynamic CMS site, with HTTrack. Secondly, I opened the HTML file generated by that processs, and saved it as a template in my DW project, which automatically assigned it to the "Templates" folder, and is accessable via the "Assets" panel (usual stuff.)
The reason for starting with a scraped version of existing is that this project involves moving the site off of the CMS platform and into HTML/CMS, yet preserving essentially the same design.
1. The most obvious problem I have is that in the subject line: after adding a couple of editable regions to my template,
when I save/preview, an error message comes up saying "your template has no editable regions, do you want to proceed?"
2. In doing the save as template operation, I am prompted with "Update links?" and I do. When I open the template, all looks good in DW, however as soon as I do a preview, I get a completely raw html page with NO css styling, no images, no fonts, etc. Conversely, if I do the same step, yet choose not to update links when prompted, then I get a template that looks completely bare in DW (no styling, no images, etc.) yet looks fine when previewed...?
Additionally, one other thing I tried was doing the save as template, choosing not to update links, and then moving it out of the templates folder into the main project folder - Here, it both looks fine in DW, and previews, yet I am unable to use it as a template (does not appear in assets, cannot use "create new from" or "apply", etc.)
I have also tried changing from "site root" to "document" in terms of linking, yet nothing has worked. Every time I have created a template on other projects, all has just worked fine from the start, so I am really stumped here.
The project will have too many pages to not use a template for updates, so I am hopeful that I can figure out what is causing this. Following is my template code:
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There are (or can be), of course, editable regions in the head of a document. Typically, around the <title></title> you will find 'space' to put links etc, and meta tags:

<title> Your title here </title>
<meta name="description" content="Description here." />
<meta name="keywords" content="keywords here " />
<meta name="robots" content="index,follow" />

Further down in this same document, I find:

<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<script src="../Scripts/swfobject_modified.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

showing a stylesheet link and an embedded style.
So it's not so much that you can't have editable areas in the head of the document, it's more that you can't overlap or improperly nest ANYTHING.
You can also (am I repeating myself?) make a tag's attributes editable. I use that feature most notably for applying different IDs to <body> tags for different neighborhoods in my sites. By applying different body IDs, I can control more specifically elements on those pages. But that's a conversation for another time!
Best,
Beth

Editable regions in child page

Hi all.
Dreamweaver 8.
I have a template with two editable regions, Header and Body.
I have a new page, and I want to apply the template.
I am prompted to move the content to the new regions. Is my
new child page supposed to have editable regions with the same
name? If I try to do this, I am prompted to create a new template.
If I apply the template and move all of my new content to the
'body' region, it all disappears. If I move all of it to the Header
region, it is all there. I've tried every combination and only the
one works. I've seen a lot of discussion about having the regions
named in the child page, but don't understand that bit yet.
Ty in advance.

> Layers and layer content are
> also treated as separate elements
Not necessarily.

<div id="layer1">Contents</div>

This treats the layer AND its contents as editable.
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> For others' reference, this is what I've found out
digging around on the
> net
> some more.
>
> "You can make an entire table or an individual table
cell editable, but
> you
> can't make multiple cells editable all at once, unless
you have merged
> them
> first. You have to select each cell one at a time if you
want to make some
> of
> the cells in a table editable, but not others. Layers
and layer content
> are
> also treated as separate elements, but either can be
marked as editable.
> Making
> a layer editable enables you to change the position of
that layer. Making
> layer
> content editable means that you can change the content
of the layer, such
> as
> the text or image in the layer."
>
> Nesting an editable table seems to the be the answer.
I'm off to redo and
> retry.
>
> Thanks, all.
>
> Virginia
>
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Virginia Oh My
> Thanks, I've tried this method. I have an editable table
cell. I can add
> new
> cells (rows and columns), but I cannot adjust the width
and height .
> They're
> locked, even though they are in the editable region.
>
> Virginia
>
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> It's not a good idea to apply templates to pages with
existing content,
> for
> this very reason. Can you use a method instead where you
spawn a new
> child
> page from the template, copy/paste content into it, and
then save it over
> the existing page? Then you can put the content exactly
where you want.
>
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>
> "Virginia Oh My" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi all.
> > Dreamweaver 8.
> > I have a template with two editable regions, Header
and Body. I have a
> > new
> > page, and I want to apply the template.
> > I am prompted to move the content to the new
regions. Is my new child
> > page
> > supposed to have editable regions with the same
name? If I try to do
> > this,
> > I am
> > prompted to create a new template.
> >
> > If I apply the template and move all of my new
content to the 'body'
> > region,
> > it all disappears. If I move all of it to the
Header region, it is all
> > there.
> > I've tried every combination and only the one
works. I've seen a lot of
> > discussion about having the regions named in the
child page, but don't
> > understand that bit yet.
> >
> > Ty in advance.
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Editable regions not working in code view

I am working in DW MX, Windows XP. I am making changes to
current pages and have also created a new template page (based on
an existing template) for additional pages.
All of my pages are based on templates, which have editable
regions. For some reason when I try to make a change in the code
view I get this error:
"Making this change would require changing code that's locked
by a template or a translator. The change will be discarded."
However, I do not get this message when I make changes in the
design view.
I am definitely attempting to make changes in the editable
region so I'm stumped why this is suddenly happening.
Any ideas?
my page:
http://www.westianet.com/internet/secureit/secureit.htm

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> Did you ever resolve this issue. I'm having the same
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Dreamweaver does not allow me to edit the editable region

Oh my, I'm so desperate in this, I have a .dwt and have set up the editable region as well. When I want to make a new html file from the said template dreamweaver does not allow me to edit it. I mean, all the code is completely grayed out as if the template itself is locked by default.
What I want to do is to create several new pages such as new albums, charts, genres, contacts (which all based on the home template) The home template itself has slider in its body. For the new html files I'm about to create (which I'm so desperate why I can't do so) I want the header and footer to remain the same.
Here is an image of my index.dwt (my homepage) anything inside the red frame is what I want to edit for new albums, charts, genres, contacts, login page, etc. The top part is the header and the bottom one is the footer (Excuse the right image, I'm working on dual screen)
Any help will be appreciated!
Sorry for my english

Hello SeptianNugraha,
here some hints concerning while handling templates (I quote):
The main principle of DW Templates is:
Non-editable regions = propagate to all child pages. The content of non-edtable regions is identical on all child pages. When you edit a non-editable region, DW propagates all changes to all child pages.
Editable regions = do not propagate because they're unique to every child page. The whole idea of editable regions is that they contain page specific content which does not appear on any other child page.
And:
PART 1
1. Create a prototype page with all the sitewide elements (common header, footer, sidebar, etc..) that you will need for your entire project. This requires some careful pre-planning even for small web sites.
2. Validate your code & test this prototype page in all major browsers. 3. When you're completely satisfied with your layout, SaveAs Template. DW will save this as a .dwt file in a site folder called Templates.
4. DW will ask you to add Editable Regions for stuff that will change from page to page. Do this and SAVE.
5. Close your Template.dwt file.
PART 2
1. File > New Page > from Template. Select the template you wish to use. Hit OK.
2. This is a child page. You can only edit content within editable regions. Everything else is locked.
3. SaveAs index.html (your home page) to the root in your local site folder.
PART 3
Repeat PART 2 for each additional page required.
PART 4
1. Open your main TEMPLATE file and add a navigation menu with links to your site pages.2. SAVE.3. DW will ask if you want to populate changes to child pages. Hit yes.
4. Publish all site pages to your server.
PART 5
If you should ever need to edit your TEMPLATE .dwt file, Repeat PART 4.
Good luck!
Hans-Günter

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